Dynamo-electric-machine element



Mamh 17, 1931. v. G. APPLE 1,796,422

DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINE ELEMENT Filed June 14, 1928 A TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 17, 1931 VINCENT G. APPZE, DAYTCN, OHIO so form the conduct required to com o r ing circuit, after said said slots.

Another object of my invention form the winding bars, that the which must be made to cor are readil accessible, so that veniently be brazed, weldel o joined.

Figs. 1 and 2 show steps in the process 01 forming bars for my winding suitable where economy in end room an object.

F ig. 3 shows several bars which have formed as hown in Fig. 2, then joined gether.

F ig. e is a clamp, a number of wiich are employed to hold the end turns of the winding in place on the core.

F ig. 5 shows a portion oi an element wound with bars formed as in Fig. 2.

5 Similar numerals refer to similar par s thruout the several views.

In wound structures, of the class to which my invention is applicable, spaced about bars are connected by end connecting portions or leads to compose winding turns, tne leads being in some cases integral parts of the bars, and in other cases separately -formed and joined thereto.

hen separate end connectors are emfor the drawings whereina ployed there are four joints to be made each turn of the winding, and unless a separate core slot is provided for each bar, it is often diflicult to make the joints of one layer because they are obstr cted by the bars of the other layer.

serial 535,280.

d connectors are sometimes formed in- "e ral with the bars by appropriately bend- 'n" the bars at both ends, and bars so bent my be radially entered in open core slots, ut since closed or partially closed slots are reatly to be preferred, for reasons well inown in the art, the bars are sometimes first bent at one enl, then endwise entered thru closed or partially closed slots, then afterward bent the ends which project thru and end the slots. By this process but two ts are reouired to be made for each turn but considerable difficulty tcred, especially in relatively e bending the ends which prothru and beyond the core after they are assembled with the core.

novel and serviceable feature of my presinvention resides in the form of bar,

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ree if which permits of endwise entry into the core slots, half of the bars from each end of the core, and joining the bars to compose turns without bending the bars after they are ontered, the open ends being so positioned as to be readil accessible for makin the 'oints.

hen the end space available is limited, in a dynamo electric machine element, involute end connectors are usually employed to con ect the bars of the winding, and in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, 1 show an embodiment of my invention which employs this form of connector.

Usually when two conducting bars are contained in the same core slot, the one bar is placed radially above the other in the slot, but

in the present case, in order that the bars may be of relatively thin and wide cross section, the two bars of a slot are placed circumferentially adjacent. In Fig. 1 I show how a length of strip stock may be folded at 30, 31 and S2 to provide leads 33 and S4 integral with a conducting bar 35.

Fig. 2 shows how the bar Fig. 1 may be further formed to compose a complete unit of the winding, an end 36 being suitably bent and spaced apart from bar 35 to be adapted for connection to a bar of a similar unit. l l hen a suflicient number of units (Fig. 2) have been provided they are assembled in cylindrical formation, one to each core slot at the other half from the other end of the core.

When closed or semi-closed core slots are employed, no joints connecting the winding units may be made prior to entry in the core slots, but, for clearness of illustration, in Fig.

3 I show several units of the winding, as-

sembled as they may be when in a core.

In a complete winding,wherein involute end connectors are employed, the leads arrange themselves in layers, two layers at each end of the core, one layer at each end being next to the end of the core and the other layers covering the first mentioned layers. It is therefore apparent that it joints must be made to complete such a winding it is preferable that they be in the outer layers of the leads, since in this position they are most accessible.

By reference to Fig. 3 it is readily apparent that wherever a bent end must be joined to the free end of a bar 35 it occurs in the outer layer of leads, and two edges as at 3? and 38 are conveniently accessible when welding or similar means is employed to make he joints.

In Fig. 5 I show a portion of an end view of a complete unit employing a winding composed of bars as shown in Fig. 2. core 39 contains winding slots 40, 40, etc, each slot having a narrower outwardly extending portion 41 into which the winding does not extend, thus providing for endwise ventilation thru the core. Radial ventilation may also be provided by spacing apart the laminae of the core at intervals as is customary in relatively large units. Each slot contains two bars placed circumferentially adj acent as at 35 and 35 the remaining portionbeing taken by insulation material 42 as shown. V

Tapped holes 43 are provided at intervals corresponding to the number of slots into which screws 44 may extend to hold winding braces 45, several only of which are shown in place. A winding brace 45 is shown in detail in Fig. 4. It is composed of insulating mate rial and carries a. tongue or key 46 which enters the channel 47 formed by the folds 30 and 31 of the winding units. One brace 45 is provided for each unit of the winding, hall being at each end of the core. Screws 44 eX- tend thru holes 48 tohold the braces in po-- sition.

Since the folds 32 are relatively close to the end of the core it follows that there is considerable space from slot to slot between pairs, composed of ends 35 and 36 which must be joined, since they are relatively farther from the end of the core, so that while the method of joining by welding the edges at 37 and 38, as indicated relative to Fig. 3, may be preferred, the joints may be made by other means such as fiatwise spot welding the two together, or bolts may be used to connect the two layers, since there is suiiicient room for the heads of such bolts and the required nuts.

I claim 1. In the winding of a dynamo electric machine element having involute end connectors arranged in two axially adjacent layers, an integral unit of said winding comprising, a single conductor bar having an involute end connector of the inner layer and an involute end connector of the outer layer, both at one and the same end of said bar.

2. In a winding of a dynamo electric machine element having involute end connectors arranged in two axially adjacent layers at each end of the core, an integral unit of said winding comprising in the "following order, first a conductor bar, next an involute end connector of the inner layer, then an involute end connector of the outer layer.

3. In the winding of a dynamo electric machine element having involute end connectors arranged in two axially adjacent layers, an integral unitof said winding comprising, a single straight conductor bar folded at one end to compose an involute end connector of the inner layer and an involute end connector of the outer layer.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name.

VINCENT G. APPLE. 

